At Adoption Attorneys Kirsh& Kirsh, P.C. (“Kirsh & Kirsh” but often misspelled as “Kirsch & Kirsch”), we cannot speak for national adoption agencies or local adoption agencies, because Kirsh & Kirsh is not an adoption agency. We are a nationally recognized adoption law firm that can help you if you have an untimely pregnancy, unexpected pregnancy, unplanned […]
Receiving living expenses and getting money for the baby are NOT the same. Neither Indiana nor any other state allows adoptive parents to give a birth mother money for the baby. In fact, doing so would constitute the crime of “baby selling” in many states. As an example, Indiana Code § 35-46-1-9 makes it a felony to receive or pay moneyfor the […]
Many states, including Indiana, allow adoptive parents to assist with expectant and birth mother living expenses to make her life easier but not act as an inducement for a birth parent to put up a baby for adoption or, more correctly, make an adoption plan for a baby. Living expenses include such things as housing, […]